Tent-heater



(No Model.) E

F C; WILSON.

' TENT HEATER. l No. 568,393. Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

UNITED STATESv PATENT OEEICE.

F CORTEZ WILSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TENT-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,393, dated September 29, 1896.

Application filed April 24, 1896. Serial No. 588,863. (No model.) l

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, F CORTEZ WILSON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tent-heaters or similar stoves of that class consisting simply of a closed or so-called air-tight box, usually having but a single compartment, which constitutes at once both the fire-box and ashpit, and in which the smoke and draft flues and fuel-door open out at the top of the box, so that the heater may be set down anywhere and among inflammable materials without danger of their ig* nition by the escape of hot coals or flame from the fire within the heater.

The object of the invention is to provide such a vheater of improved and simplified construction and one particularly adapted for use as a receptacle within which camp equipage or other articles may be packed for transportation and readily locked against the inter-meddling of unauthorized persons.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the heater. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing the manner of securing the re door or cover at its rear edge.

In said drawings, A designates the heater as a whole. conveniently made of rectangular form and without openings of any kind in its side and bottom walls. The top wall comprises a fixed portion A and a hinged or removable lid or cover A2, that is provided with locking devices, consisting in this instanceof a hasp a,

iitting over a staple o', which is located on the adjacent side wall of the box and through which any suitable padlock or the like may be passed. VThe rear edge a2 of the 'cover is shown as conveniently held in place by being bent downward to project beneath the adjacent front edge as of the fixed top wall A', and may thus be either swung upwardly, as on a hinge, when the hasp a is released, or may be lifted entirely clear of the box if so desired. The permanent top wall A is provided near one end with an aperture a4 of It consists of a sheet-metal boxv suitable size to receive the lower end of an ordinary smoke pipe or flue B, and in an opposite corner is provided with a draft-opening a5, having a pivoted cover or slide a, which is held, when closed, by a clip a7. A

Vvertical partition-wall A3 is arranged to cross the corner of the box just outside of the aperture a5, and thus forms a downdraft-flue C, which opens into the maincompartment near the bottom of the box, the partition A3 terminating at this end a short distance above the bottom and being furtherherein shown as provided with one or more draft-openings as.

Vhen in use as a heater, a fire of any available fuel is kindled in the box and is supplied with air through the iiue C, the products of combustion passing olf through the smoke-pipe B and the draft being regulated by the slide CN.

The pipe B is supported within the aperture d4 by a perforated plate or grating a, which is secured at its edges to the walls of the box and extends beneath the aperture a4 a short distance below the top'wallA in such a manner as to'cut off communication with the interior ofthe box except through its perforations or meshes. This plate or grating serves a threefold purpose. It forms a support for the pipe B, and' thus enables the top wall of the heater to be made flush and unobstructed by the upwardly-projecting flange or collar, which is ordinarily provided about the smoke-flue opening for the pipe to it over. It forms an arrester for the sparks, which otherwise might pass up the iiue and set fire to the tent or other neighboring property, and it effectually closes the aperture a4, so that when the stove is used as a receptacle the locking of the door A2 secures the package against intrusion without any special closure for the smoke-flue.

The heater thus described is simple and inexpensive in construction and effective in operation. The draft may be controlled and the fire regulated with great nicety bythe slide which covers the draft-aperture, and there is found to be no tendency for smoke to escape into the room. The smoke-pipe B will ordinarily be made intelescoping sections of proper length to be packed within the stove, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,

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during transportation or storage. The singie compartment of the box forms a capacious receptacle, and the peculiar features of construction described render the package safe from molestation when the door is once locked.

I eiaiin as my inventionl. A heater consisting of a closed box provided with a cover, a smoke-flue Opening, and a grating extending beneath said opening to support the pipe and prevent access to the box through said opening, substantially as described.

2. A heater consisting of a closed box provided with a cover, a smoke-due opening, a grating extending' beneath said Opening to support the pipe and prevent access to the box through said Opening, a draft-aperture in the top Of the box and a ilue extending downwardly from said draft-aperture to the F CORTEZ 'VVILSON.

Witnesses:

N. COSTELLO, XV. B. WILSON. 

